By EPA Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 10 am in 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) delay of 16 appliance...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chairwoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook today requesting more information about when the company first learned of the security flaw in its Group FaceTime feature, the extent to which the flaw has compromised consumers’ privacy and whether there are other undisclosed bugs that currently exist and have not been addressed.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler on Friday reiterating their demand for documents and information on the agency’s lack of enforcement action.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) reintroduced the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (HR 946) in the House of Representatives to stop abusive robocall practices.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today requesting information and documents related to the FCC’s current workload, the work of its bureaus and offices, and the FCC’s interactions with the public through its handling of consumer complaints and Freedom of Information Act requests.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) issued the following joint statement today on the Trump Administration’s proposed rule to overhaul the current rebate system...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Family Separation on Thursday February 7, at 10:30 am in 2123 of the Rayburn House...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler yesterday requesting the immediate public release of all health and safety studies considered in the Draft Risk Evaluation for Pigment Violet 29, one of the first ten chemicals undergoing review in accordance with the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
By EPA Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the effects of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) repeal of net...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on climate change on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 10 am in room 2123 of the Rayburn...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) announced the senior staff for the committee Republicans in the 116th Congress, which includes several Capitol Hill veterans returning in key roles.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent letters to the three manufacturers of insulin in the U.S. today - Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi - requesting information on the root causes of the rising cost of insulin and the obstacles to providing more affordable medication.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced the Vice Chairs for the Committee’s six subcommittees in the 116th Congress. The vice chairs are...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the impacts of the Texas v. United States court case on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 10:15 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Leaders sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler today renewing their request from last year for information on actions taken by political appointees at the agency to block the release of a chemical hazard...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law Chairman...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: With the government reopened and the House not scheduled to be in session on Thursday, Jan. 31, the Energy and Commerce Committee’s full Committee hearing scheduled for that day on the Trump federal government shutdown has been canceled.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) sent a letter today to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler requesting information regarding EPA’s efforts to rollback critically important environmental and public health protections.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill) released the following statement today blasting the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) final rule intended to implement safety lessons learned from the 2011 accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced a full Energy and Commerce Committee hearing next Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, at 10 am in Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building on the ongoing Trump federal government shutdown. The Chairman made the announcement at the Committee’s Organizational Meeting for the 116th Congress. Following, are the Chairman’s prepared remarks announcing the hearing...
